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LOCAL TITKNPIKE ACTS. Mr. FOX MA LTLE obtained leave to bring ;n a Bill to continue for a limited time the Lec.l Turnpike Acts for Eng land and Wales, which expire with this or tl:e ensuing session of Parliament. PARISH OF ST. JAMES, WESTMINSTER. On the rnAion of Sr DE LACY EVANS (the consen of the Crown being signified by Mr. E. J. S , anley) a Com mittee was appoint d '• to inquire into and report upon Via claims of the paving Committoe of the paCs'a of St. James, Westminstor, for the gum of 7,000 L, said to be due to them, and unpaid, by the Commissioners under the Ncw-stre,t Act :—Sir De Lacy Evanq, Mr. E. J. Stanley, Mr. Leads r, Lord Viscount Lowther, Mr. Robert Gordon, Mr. Hawes, Mr. Brarnston, Mr. George Byng, Mr. Gorge Mr. Wilson Poten. Mr. Binnerman, Mr. Hume, Mr. Robert Steuart. Mr. Lawelles. alai Captain Ellive." MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONS (IRELAND) BILL, 1 .336. Ga the motion of Lord JOHN RUSSELL, this 1111 was order' d to be reprinted as it elnie down ;mended fro tt the House of Lords. He consiel. red it would l.e useful to Hon Members of that House to b, in possession of t.tis Bill when the Bill now before their Lordships carve down to that Nous.% CUSTOMS ACTS. .Mr. P. THOMSON gave notice that nn Thursday next he should move that the House do resolve itself into Commit tee on the Customs Acts. • TITHES. Lord JOHN RUSSELL pstpned the co%sidor.ition of the resolution of the Committee on Tithes from to-morrow till Thursday. The other Orders of the Day were di.iposel of, and the House adjourned at One o'Clock. preparation would only serv e t: engender bad blood betwee n tre :Mauritius from the other colonies, that the termination of the slaves and their master s , an d the consequence would he the apprenticeship system of the non-predials was six months Oat that which would be perfectly safe in 1888 would be let, rtlan in other places; that was, that it commenced o n pregnant with danger in 1840. This was the opinion of the the Ist of February, instead of the Ist of August. He cn more intelligent plante rs th emss l ve s, and this was the cpitti.n. tertained no doubt in his own mind that in this island the re of the noble Gov ern o r o f J ama i ca hi mse lf, as d ic t ate d i n a suit w.,uld be that which they anxiously desired; but in Ile.. soeech to the Assembly, whi c h co nclud 'd with the memorahl, thie.e gr.-at Crown colonies in the West Indies, he had not t h e statement that it would b e phy s i ca lly impossibl e t o reasntain Aighte-t doubt th a t t wo ou t o f t h e th ree would at once accom the ap d renticesl e ip w ith an y hope o f a sueees,ful agriculture pl;s11 the vyork, and most probably the example would be fol_ It was, then, for the pla n ters a s we ll as for the slaves that I e 'owed by the third. By this means the question would be (Lord Brougham) appeared as counsel before their Lordship, said, din a moat saeisfactory manner, and it would render un- He turned to J a maica w i t h the languag e of hearty conerattna eccessery tle painful alternative. He did not k now that lie tion and with the warmest admiration. —( Hear ) J , maica had had ant thing more to state, as all that he presumed that his saved herself from all those dark evils which were to be appre_ Noble Fiend required was a simple statement of the affeirs of hended in the unchartered colonies, unless the present rnotioi, he colonies at present. lie would then only add that he had were agreed to. He heartily congratul a t e d to at great colony, little doubt but that before the rext session his Noble Friend thet owing to the true exercise of her legislative pow e r, sh e h e o would see a complete termination of the apprenticeship syste m no longer to dread the awful and te m p estuous n i g h t of negro in all the co l on i es . insubordination. It was for the Pat liament of this couatss to Lord BROUGHAM wished to know whether in the in do th :t for he unchartered colonies wills:: fie sat.t of a lm•a1 oruction't that had been sent out to the Govern ors of the legislstute rendered them unabl e t , do for tie inselves___ to Crown colonies any time was specified for recomm en di ng the protect them, and to rescue tile life and property wit'iin thsrn tr ratination of the apprenticeship system ? l'e also wish e d to front the sword and fire and horrors of negro itisuir, ction. by know whether, in case the Cow tof Policy in Guiana passed an t mely action. Time now was every thing; a day's delay Act which had not received the sanction of the Government would be mischievous; a month's delay might be ruinous; e at home, it wculd be binding in the colony? The Isl,:ble half year's fatal. In conclusion, he called upon their Lord- Lord argued the case as if the same independent powerexisted ship's, by every consideration of justice and mercy—by the in this colony as in Jamaica. character which this country had of fortitude in - war, and Lord GLENELG, in answer to these question, read some courtesy and kindness in peace—by its character for genero- extracts from the communications from the Celonial-office to sit}, for religion, for Christian religion—by the groans of the several Governors of the colonies, but in such an indistinct myriads of bondsmen, he called on them t ) assent to his mo- tone of voice as to have been almost inaudible to the reporters. tion. The motion which the Noble and Learned Lord then Lord BROUGHAM said that he was much surprised and proposed was That an humble address Le pr .sented to her gratified at the communication that had been made by his Majesty, praying that her Majesty would be graciously pleased Noble Friend. He entertained some doubts, however, who to cause an Order in Council to be issued putting a period, ther the Governor and Council of the Mauritius and other under proper provisions and regulations, to negro apprentice- Crown colonies, without the direct interposition of the Crown ship in the unchartered colonies of the Crown." could pass such a law as would be requisite. The situation Lord GLEN EL G observed that the Noble and Learned of these Crown colonies was very different from that of the Lord in the commencement of his speech had expressed likt chartered colonies. He would, therefore, recommend that ape congratulations at the news received that day from the West cial dispatches should be sent out to each of tl.ese col on i es, Indies. H e (L or d Gl ene l g ) j o i ne d most cordially in the authorising the Governor in taking the necessary steps. feelin g o f genera l sat i s f act i on which that news must ha ve Lord GLENELG t h oug h t t h at i t would turn out that the inspired in the mind of all who took an interest in this great doubt could easily be resolved, but there could be no p oss ibl e question.—( Hear.) The Noble and Learned Lord must not objection to send out such dispatches as had been suggested suppose that those who resisted the earlier close of appl en- by his Noble Friend. tieeship felt less for the interests of the negro population and Lord BROUGHAM was very well satisfied with the e x _ lanation of the N o bl e L or d. A t t h e same t i me he thought for the interests of the colonies that th e N o bl e an d Learned I' Lord himself did when he moved for the intervention of the that it might be well to frame the Order in Council for the imperial authority on the subject. He ( Lord Glenelg) and Governor of the Mauritius to use, if he fourd that the Coun those who acted with him had always maintained that th e ail or Legislature refused to enact a law for the termination of objection was to the intervention of that imperial authority the system of apprenticeship. This would at least save five in cases where it was not required, where it was opposed by months, if that body did not pass this measure. This dis a great principle, and where the result might much suasion had come to a more satisfactory termination than any more effectively, more satisfactorily, and more per- other debate that had occurred on the same subject for a long manently he obtained by acts of the local legislatures expressed mood i] e as had to alludedthe conduct theof the time. He cou ld not help feeling that the Noble Lord was themselves. Th ey h ad always felt and avowed that an very sanguine as to the result of this plan, and in this san earlier terminati on t h an in 1840 of the apprenticeship ghu feelings loeal of as d s o e u m b b t li w es hi i e n h o li c e was desirable, if t h at o b ject curdy be obtained by Acts ad in of the local legislatures themselves. This was the senti- West Indies; and he had no hesitation in saying that if the re ment which he had re p ea t e dl y ex p ressed i n the course of was any one thing that he w as c l ear a b out it was that but for last year in dispatche s to the var i ous G overnors of the the inter'', rence of the friends of Emancipation in this country Windward and Leeward Island s . I n d ee d h e m i g h t say, that t h ey would not that day have had the dispatch front the Govern- the movement in Bat badges was originated by a dispatch ors of J.. males and the other Colonies of such a satisfactory and from himself in which this sentiment was stated. The objec- triumi hant nature. The Noble Lord seemed to claim credit for tion to the proposition of the Noble and Learned Lord had all that had taken place in the West Indies hating occurred with been this, that there existed a compact binding the two parties out inteeerenee on the psrt of this country, and not being effected which England could not corsi•tently infringe upons The local by agita'ion. Now, all the letters which his Noble Friend had Legislatures, however, had themselves now solved the sent to the Governors of tine colonies in the West Indies, urg question, by taking the course which the Government bare ing them to recommend to their respective legislatures the had often pointed out to them as advisable, but which Govern- taking immediate steps for the emancipation of the apprentices went had en•irely left it within the decision of the local legisla- were dated April, 1838, whereas the agitation at the public tures to act upon. It had always been considered by the Go- meetings —at one of which he presided, and at which upwards so nment here that any such measures would be far more sue- of 8,000 persons were present, and at another, of the county cessfully and more safely carried into effect by the local palatine of Durham, his Noble Friend (the Duke of Cleve authorities. It would have been highly prejudicial to the ob land) was present—took place in the months of March and jest, it would, indeed, have been very dangerous, to have April. He was of opinion, under all the circumstances of the sought to effect this object without the previous sanction and case, that the labour had not been thrown away which the hearty co operation of the local authorities.. To have done good and wise men who had been engaged in advocating otherwise would have only been to sow the seeds of such ex. the cause of the negro had bestowed in rousing the feeling asperation and such suspi c i on among t h ose aut h or i t i es as ia which had been obt a i ne d on t hi s su bj ect a ll over England.' a material degree would have tainted the value and en- He gave honour to whom honour was due, namely, to those dangered the success of the experiment. With re- men who had been the objects of calumny without regarding gard to the question of policy there had been a difference it ;of suspicion, which they despised ; and of vituperation, between himself and his Noble and Learned Friend. which they allowed to pass by as any other storm of empty What had resulted from the proceedings which they had taken? air. He alluded to such men as Joseph Sturge, Josiah Con- His Noble Friend had said that he could not expect any sue- der, and William Allen, and other most eloquent and gallant seas from the course taken, but tl:e Government said th a t men—one of whom was a man of as great eloquence as he had they did expect a successful result. He said, trust the local ever heard in or out of Parliamenthe meant the high-minded legislatures in this matter, and they would be induced to yield and upright and able George Thompson, who not only had to the wishes of this country ; but his Noble Friend said, trust exerted himself in the cause of humanity in this country, but not the local legislatures, as they would do nothing to advance had repeatedly risked his life in America in the publication of this question. Did not the result show that it was better not those doctrines which he believed were founded on truth to exact too much from them when aid was so desirable for With th se disin crested men he had been a most humble but the successful working out of the object in view, and th a t i t zealous advocate in the cause of the negro, and he gave the was better to show that you had confidence in them, than t o honour of the success of the cause to them, for ha was satis take those steps which would only have the result of driving fled but for them the present day would never have dawned'on them to despair, and who might then pursue a course which them. He sincerely hoped that the expectations of the Noble would impede a great degree the success of this measure ? Lord would be realised, and also that in the Mauritius they He had said throughout the discussions on this subject would not allow ajust cause to be thwarted. He trusted that that it would be better to let the local legislatures per- the L gislature w, uld keep a constantly vigilant eye on the form their duty ; and this result had proved to be correct, proceedings of the color is s, and that they would not, under notwithstanding the repeated precautions of the Noble L or d aity pretext, suffer enactments to exist which would continue to the contrary. His Noble Friend now said that the crown slavery in another form. If he found that under the name of the colonies had neither the power nor the inclination to-perform Vagrant Act, or Police Act, or Poor•law Act, it was endea. th&r duty, and follow the example set them by the chartered soured to frame enactments to'petpetuate slavery under ano colonies. If his Noble Friend was not strictly accurate tiler name, while the law would not suffer it to continue under as to what he said with regard to the proceedings of the its own odious and disgusting appellation, he should not be want legislatures of the chartered colonies he ( Lord Glenelg) tag in his place in Parliament to bring before them those would also state that be would not be more accurate as to most fl igitiout violators of the law. Before he sat down he the proceedings of the Legislatures of the Crown colonies, beg g ed to express his co ncu r rence as to w h at had fallen from Exactly the same gr o u n d ap pli e d to t h e crown co l on i es as to the Noble Duke (the Duke of Wellington), with respect to the chartered colonies. Similar ins.ructions to those sent the Hill Coolies lie trusted that a complete stop would be out to the chartered colonic, had been forwarded to the put to this new slave trade. Since he had last whin ssed the crown colonies, awl he had no doubt tin y would be acted House on the subj et Inc had reod a circular which had been upon by the local authorities and legislatures in the same issued by a mercantile house at Calcutta in the transfer of the spirit in the latter case as ire the former. His Noble unfortunate inhabitants of India to the Colonies in the Western Friend said that the Legislatures of th e Crown colonies were Ocean. These persons, in their address or prospectus, held of somewhat an anomalous character, and that they could themselves out to be most accemelished man stealers ; and not deal with the subject as the legislatures of the chartered they stated that they had supplied ti 000 of these unfortunate colonies. The fact, however, was, that although the legis- Hill Coolies to the Mauritius at the expeace of 101 per head, letive bodies in the crown colonies did not possess powers to including the expellee of freight, food, and water, for the the same extent as those in the chartered colonies, still voyage of four months. Tie-se uofo tunate persons were to they were d i eependent legislatures. His Noble Friend be paid wages at the rate of five rupes month that -e a; wax a s said that in tine Crown colonies, the Governor in Council cm-- near as possible threepence a day, arid that in places where responded to the executive cr legislative council in th e th e werage rate of wages was three shilli ngs a day. lie ha:l other colonies. It was true that th e legislature was carried also reason to believe, from slur he had learned, that these on by the goy - rnor and council, or the court of policy as it Hill Coolies had been kidnapped to the Mauritius under the was called in Guiana and other pl aces , b ut thi s b o dy p os . impression that they were only going to work at one of the sassed all the Power of legislation for the i n t erna l aff a i rs o f villages belonging to the East !Ala Company. The system the colony, for the levying local taxes and other purposes, as which had been attempted to be e-tab!ished was nothing much as the legislative bodies in the chartered colonies, more nor less than an attempt to revive the slave trade ; and this Joey in tee Crown colonies exercised the it was a most monstrous anamoly, and lie trusted that the ad He repeated, bodyl functions he had stated, and carried on a ll th e l eg i s l at i on , vice of the Noble Duke would not he thrown away on the and controlled the taxation, and superintended the l a w- Government. lie had just read an account of the voyage of making; for the colony. This Legislature, however, was re- 150 of these unfortunate creatures to Ttinli'ad, and th e pro _ . v. however,stricted in one te'pect : itwas subject to the approbation of motors of the plan, v ith the most extraordinary self-compla the Q ue en in Council, in the same degree and in a similar cency, stated that the mortality during the voyage w as on l y manner as the acts of the Legislative Assemblies of the :24, which for such a voyage was monstrously large, an d at the chartered colonies required that sanction to become laws. rate of 15 per cent. on the whole number. This, indeed, The legislatures of the Crown colonies, however, were as would have been considered a sweeping mortality dun ing; the competent to legislate on this subject as the legislatures o f middle passage o f the horrid African slave trade. the chartered colonies, as they had nearly the same powers Lord GLENELG denied that he had said anything to of internal legislation. Ile appealed, then, to any Noble detract in any way from the merits of the persons engaged Lord whether it was expedient under these circumstances to in advocating the cause alluded to his Noble Friend. He interfere by means of an order of the Queen in Council, and did not intent to arrogate to the Government more credit SS.; ether it would not be more wise and prudent that the that he really thought that it deserved for the course they same forbearance and moderation that was pursued towards had taken on this subject ; he would not, however, dwell the chartered col :Mess should also be followed with regard to on it. He bareved that all would agree in the policy that the legislatures of the Crown colonies. He believed that in all the colonies all the non-predials should be under Noble Lords would agree with him that that right and one system, and that as nearly as possible the apprentice poser which the Qu to possessed over the acts and pro- shid system sh mid terminate at the same period. With ccedings of the legislature sof the colonies should only be respect to the letters which he had sent out to the We- t adopted and acted on in cases of necessity, and in such cases Indies on the sulject of terminating the period of the appren where Parliament would interfere with its authority. H e ticeship of the negroes in the colonies, he begged to inform thought that this argument must have its due weight ; that Lis Noble Friend that he would find in the printed paper s on the acts of the legislatures of the Crow-n (Armies were only the table one dated so far back as September last. He re subject t> the apprehation of the Queen in Council, as was posted that he did not intend to deteriorate front the claims tire case with the laws of the chartered colonies ; and they of the gentlemen alluded to by the Noble Lord, and he was did not come within any act of authority of any other body. certainly far from denying that the strong opinion of the Ile was happy in being able to state, that in fact the Legisla people of this country on this subject had bad a powerful tures of the Crown colonies had followed the example set effect on the conduct of the West Indien Legislatures. them by the Legislatures of the chartered colonies. te addi_ Lord COLCHESTER regretted that he was not in his tien to the information which had been alluded by the Noble place a few months back when the Noble and Learned L.,rd Lord as having been received from Jamaica, he could also was pleased to make an attack upon a number of captain; of state that similar sat:slactory accounts had lately been re- ships employed on the coast of Africa to put down the slave ceived from Greaada, and also from the Bahamas, which h a d trade, and stated that they neglected their duty, inasmuch as arrived within the last few days ; and he had good r e aso n t o they ab s t a i ne d f rom secur i ng t h e slave ships until they had believe th at w i t hi n a s h ort time from the dates of his commu• taken in their cargoes, so that head-money might be obtained nications measures would be originated in these colonies simi- f r the service. lied he been present he should have availed lar to those that had been carried in other chartered col toles. himself of the occasion to rebut that accusation. As it was In addition, however, to this he was happy in being able to he begged to give novice that he should on Thursday next, state that in some of the Crown colonies the Governors in- on the motion for the second 'reading of the Slave Vessels tended to submit to the legislative bodies similar Acts to those Captured Bill, take an opportunity of vindicating the officers which had been earl had in other places, and no doubt was of her Majesty 'a ism y who had been engaged in this branch of , entertained of their success. This had arisen in cense.. the service. q .ce of the instructi o ns sen t out to t h e Governors d the Lend BROUGHAM said that Thursday Noble would be a day uer , colonies. He was happy to find that in the Crown cold- exceedingly inc o nve n i e nt t o hi m , an d h e wished the _ tries the Legislatures did no t fi n d t h emse l ves more f ettere d L or d wou ld consent to ta k e t h e d i scussion which h e a ll u ded than in the chartered colonies. Special letters had been to at some other stage of the Bill. 4 STER in sent out to the Governors of th e var i ous co l on i es, stat i ng Af ter some o b servat i ons from Lord COLCHESTER that the home Government was anxious to press on the atten- explanation, tion of the Governors and t h e L eg i s l a t ures o f t h e C rown co- Lord 13RO UG HAM said that h e had o ne obser va tion to 10114.3 the question of th e t er min a tio n o f th e system o f ma k e to t h e i r L or d sh i ps i n reference to the slave tra d e bring . negro split% nticeship. lie would now shortly proce e d t o carr i e d on b y R uss i an s hi ps. H e had recent l y rece ived a_ state what had occurred i n ame of tire Crown co l on i es . I n l etter from a person in Havarti:ale who stated that on the 13 th Trinidad the legislative body had been cotevened for the par- of March a Russian vessel had lauded 354 slaves in that colony, pose of taking the subject into consideration, and on the clay and thst four other vessels of a similar character were daily the mail came away a message w as s e nt from the Governor to expected to arrive. He merely mentioned this to show the the legislative body, and it was ordered to be taken into con- extent to which this dreadful traffic was carried on under the sideration the day after the mail came away. From St. Lu- flag of Russia. cia information had been received that the Governor intended BENEFICES PLURALITY BILL. propose measure to the Council, an d no doubt was felt as The House then went into Committee on this Bill. to a to its receiving the sanotien of that body. Again, in Guiana Clause 2 was agreed to with slate verbal amendments. a similar proceeding had taken place ; although no official ac- Clause 3. count had been received of this, still within the last fortnight Lord WHA RNCLIFFE thought the Bill begun at tine letter; had been received from some most iesretable owners wrong end of the question, and that before it proceeded to of property in that colony, in which it was stated that the Go. provide fur the extinction of pluralities it should p r ovide vet oar had submitted the subject to tine consideration of the means by w hi c h every clergyman should be provided with Court of Policy, and no doubt whatever was entertained as to sufficient to support him. He admitted that this complaint that body sanctioning; a plan for the termination o f th e Sys- was not universal, but it had arisen in many instances, lie tem of negro apprentceship. The probability w as, that be- moved, therefore, that this clause should be amended to fore the present period all the L eg i s l a t u r e s o f th e C rown meet this view by the introduction of words to confine its Colonies would have accomplished the anxious desires of the operation to living s o f one yearly value of more than 1001. ofthis country, and followed the example set them by T Archbishop of CANTERBURY could not concur in people eyn the amendmentproposed the chartered colonies. From Mauritius there had not h by the N.,bie Lord. Such provisions of had been re • time to obtain aey certain information, in consequence. commended by her Majesty's Commissioners ~ 5 , existe d would be likely to reinedgrievance complained of whet its d,stance ; Lut the Fame legislative authority . _ y the the West they should be carried into effect. in that colony as in the Crown colonies in The ,ml,,nd . . . Indies, and Inc had no reason to doubt that the advice of ment was ut and neatived without a division. ,„.. Lord PORI'MAN then moved in lieu ofthe the Government of this c,iuntry, embodied in a recommi hat "situated %vitt •a elation from the Governor, would be received in the same man- . s thereto"u' the distance of ten miles," the words "sou in places. Indeed Inccould not help saying that nor as other • . tigu"would should be in acted in the clause. This, he contended, produce the nearest approach to the com the sebject had attracted so much attention in this country__ ~ , !etc ribs: nee of pluralities, which was most sincerely to be de that it muss e,onarnand the serious consideration of the colonies. p lie should have 9104* that there was this peculiarity in sired ; and although he did not mean to conteed that a cler . gyalan would be able to do the duties of two parishes bccaas • they were contiguous, yet the amendment which he proposed would be most likely to secure the greatest amount of attention to be plid to each. He conceived the amendment of so much .importance thA he should take the sense of the House npon, the subject. The Archbishop of CANTERBURY said that the clause was agreed upon eter the most.anxiou; deliberation and Con sicier,tion of all the circumstances of the case, by the Coin mis‘ioners who had inquired into the subject, and they thorolt that a medium course should be tal:en between the absolLte removal of all pluralities. and leasing the law as it now slued 11 ! must therelo.e opcse the amendment. Lord WYNFORD ditTred from the Most Rev. Primate. Any alteration in the existing law ought to be to put an end to pluralities, but it was admitted that this Bill would not have that effect It was a measure which was not intellieildr e sod no man could un d erstan d w h y any alteration should be made in the law, except on the ground takes the Noble Loral opposite. The Archbishop of C ANTE R IT R Y would merely say, that the principle adopted in the Bill was that of easy in spection. The Eal of HARROWBY was of opinion that provision should be made for the poorer classes of the clergy, by a more equal distribution of Church property. He thought that some amendment was necessary to correct the anomalies now exist ing, one of which was, that there was no proportion between the population to be superintended by the clergyman and the pay ; and he wished their Lordships to take the Bill as it came from the Common; as an experiment. The Bishop of LINCOLN thought that the effect of the clause would he to limit pluralities more than one half; and as this was a matter of experiment, the Bill went as far as could be expected. The Bishop of SALISBURY said that it would have been possible to have framed amendments on some principle, but he could see none in the amendment of the Noble Lord, under which benefices might be held together, although the distance between church and church might be greater than under the present Bill. The Bishop of GLOUCESTER said that under a system of pluralities, how ever objectionable on principle, benefits had been experienced from the- employment which they afforded to persons entering the Church as curates. Having seen the statement referred to by the Noble and Learned Lord, as to the number of pluralities within the distance affected by this Bill, and tint knowing on what authority that statement had been founded, he had made inquiries in his own diocese, i ,nd he found that out of 500 benefices only thirty pluralities would be legalised by this Bill, and these would be entirely unobjectionable. Lord HATHERTON supported the amendment as esta blishing a wholesome system of superintendence, and the Rigle Reverend Prelate's objection; might be removed by some en actment that in large livings curates should be employed. The House then divided-- Contents for the original clause Non-contents Majority for the original clause The clause was then agreed to, as were a!l the clauses up to clause 12. On clause 13 being proposed, The Earl of CAW DO R moved as an amendment that the words " with or without cure of souls" should be inserted with the view of extending the operation of the 1,11 to sine cure benefices. The Archbishop of CANTERBURY suggested that the amendments of the Noble Lord should be w rthdraain for the present, and introduced in a future stage of the Bill, when they could he considered with advantage. The Earl of CA WD OR consented to withdraw the amend ment for the present. The clause was then agreed to, as were the other clauses to 30 inclusive. On clause 31 beinc. proposed, The Bishop of CHICHESTER moved an exemption in favou r of the principal of the King's College, London. The Archbishop of CAN rERBURf objected to the ex emption, as it might also be claimed by others, if acceded to in this instance. Lord PORTA,' AN would rather strike out the exemption extended to the Warden of Durham than add to the number of exemptions. The I3ishop of GLOUCESTER said he could not under stand why the Professor of the East India College should bt exempted, when other Professors were not, and he therefor, moved to exclud.? the Professor of the East India College. The Bishop of CHICHESTER thought that these Pre lessors having taken their places with the understanding that they should be exempted, it would be a hardship to disap point them. The Bishop of GLOUCESTER said that the 34th clause would be funnel to protect sufficiently the vested interests of all persons holding (Aces of the kind alluded to. The amendment was then agreed to, and the objectionable words struck out accordingly. Clause 32 was verbally amended, and clauses from 33 to 55 inclusive were passed without amendment. Ott clause 56 being, proposed, Lord PO RTM AN moved its omission altogether, as a novel and quite unnecessary one. This clause, he said, gave a ppwer to the Bishop, on the avoidance of a benefice in which there existed no house fit for the residence of the incumbent, to sequestrate such living till such place of residence should be built or repaired. Be complained that many an incumbent of small means —suppose 150/. a-year—_would be utterly unable to fulfil this imposition ; and also that the clause rendered it imperative on the Bishop to take the harsh step of sequestra tion, instead of leaving it to his discretioa to report to her Majesty in Council. WEST INDIES-ABOLI'T'ION OF THE APPRENTICESHIP SYSTEM By her Majesty's ship Pigeon we have received the Wes India mail, bringing dates from Barbadoes of June the 6th Jamaica of the 9th, and St. Thomas's of the 16th. Oa 5h of June his Excellency the Govern of Jamaica ( Lional Smith) opened the Legislative Ses , ion, upon rvli:c;. occasion he delivered the following speech :---- " Gentlemen of the Council, Mr. Speake:r, and G. , ntleu:er: of the Assembly,--I have called you together at an uun-u seas:at to take into your consideration the state of the i,late unier the laws of apprenticeship for the labourkg population. " I need not refer you to the agitation ou this subject throughout the British empire, or to the discussions upon it ir, Parliament, where the honourable efforts of the Ministry were barely found sufficient to preserve the original duration of the law as an obligation of the national faith. " I shall lay before you some dispatches on th's sobj. , ct. " General agitation and Parliamentary interieren. e bay, not, I am afraid, yet terminated. " A corresponding excitement has been long going on among the apprentices themselves; but still they have rested in sober and quiet hopes, relying on your generosity that you will extend to them that boon which has been granted to their class in other colonies. " Ili this posture of affairs, it is my duty to declare my s'n timents, and distinctly to recommend to you the early and equal abolition of apprenticeship for all classes. Idoso in confidence that the apprentices will be found worthy of free dom, and that it will operate as a double blessing, by securing also the future interests of the planters. " I am commanded, however, to inform you, that her Ma jesty's Ministers will not entertain any question of further compensation. But should your views be oppased to the policy I recommend, I would intreat you to consider well how impracticable it will become to carry on coercive la bour : always difficult, it would in future be in peril of constant comparison with other colonies made free, and with those estates in this island made free by individual proprietors. As Governor, under these circumstances (and I never shrink from any of my responsibilities) I pronounce it phy sically impossible to maintain the apprenticeship with any hope of successful agriculture. "Jame:ea is in your hands; she requires repose, by the re moval of a law which has equally tormented the labourer and disappointed the planter -_a law by which man still con strains man in unnatural servitude. 'llia is her first exi gency. For her future welfare she appeals to your wisdom to legislate in the spirit of the times, with liberality and be nevolence towards all classes." A Committee, consisting of Messrs. Grey, Lowndep, Ha. milton, Frater, Fairweather, Gordon, and Grossett, was ap. pointed to predare and bring in a Bill terminating the appren. ticeship of the predial labourers on the Ist of August next. On Thursday, June 7, the Bill was brought,in by Mr. Grey, and having gone through the preliminary stages, it was com mitted, and the three first clauses were agreed to. The fist clause declares the apprenticeship at an end on the Ist of August next; the second repeals all acts relating to the ap prenticeship ; the third re-enacts the clause in the Supple. mental Bill of last session, authorising proprietors to serve re tices on labourers to quit. After two days' discussion the Bill was passed ; clauses being inserted to provide for the aged and indigent negroes, as well as to prevent their ejectment from their domiciles without three months' notice. Afterwards a Committee of five was appointed to prepare a petition, a memorial, and a protest to her Majesty the Queen, on the subject of the abo lition of the apprenticeship and further compensation. The following is the address of the Council, in answer to the Governor's speech:— " TO HIS EXCELLENCY SIT( LIONEL SMITH, &c. " May it please your Excellency—We, the Council of Ja maica, beg leave to thank your Excellency for the speech with which you have been pleased to open the present session. " We feel grateful to your Excellency for having called us together for the purpose of taking it,to our consideration the state of the island, under the laws of apprenticeship, for the labouring population. " Being aware of the agitation on this subject throughout the British empire, and of the discussions on it in Parliament, we duly appreciate the honourable efforts of her Majesty's Mi nisters to preserve the original duration of the law as an oblige. Lion of national faith. " We feel confident that the hopes of the apprentices will not be disappointed, and that the wisdom and generosity of the legislature of Jamaica will not hesitate to extend to them that boon which has been granted, to their class in the other colonies. " We cordially concur in your Excellency's wise and humane recommendation of an early and equal abolition of the apprenticeship of all classes, and feel pleasure in recording our perfect conviction that the apprentices will be found worthy of freedom in every respect, and will so conduct them selves in their altered condition as to insure the future interests of the planters. " Coercive labour has at all times been obtained with diffi culty; but under the present peculiar circumstances of this island, we fear it might be impossible to maintain the appren tic,?ship with any hope of successful agriculture. " Jamaica does, indeed, require repose, and we are san guine in the expectation that, under Divine Providence, st:ch laws will be passed by her Legislature as will evinco their desire to act with liberality and benevolence towards all classes." Dispatches were received yesterday at the Colonial-office from Grenada, Trinidad, St. Lucia, arid the Bahamas ; and we are happy to have to announce the prospect of the immediate emancipation of the ar prentices in these colonies. The dispatches from St. Thomas's arc of the 15t of June. The Governor writes that he hid convened the Asremb'y ; that the Bill for emancipation had passed, after some debate in the Legislative Council, and that he hoped by the next packet to convey the news that it would be immediately carried into execution. From Grenada the dates are of the sth June ; the Bill formed on the Antigua Bill had been passed, and was to come into effect on the Ist of August. The Governor of Trinidad (sth June) had met with some opposition in the Legislative Council, but states that there is a general disposition in favour of emancipation in the island. The Bishop of GLOUCESTER said that this clause would be one of the most beneficial in the Bill. The great evil in so many of our parishes was the want of a proper house to in sure the residence of the incumbent, and this appeared to be the only mode of remedying it. After a short conversation, in which the Duke of Richmond, Lord Wharncliire, the Esrl of Harrowby. Lord Wrottcsley, the Archbishop of Canterbury, and the Bishop of Gloucester. took part, the clause was carried pro forma, on the understand ing that it would he amended on br:nging up the report. Clauses to 61 inclusive were then agreed to. seco extending churchrcl On clause 62 b 2 ing put , The Bishop of SALISBURY proposed an amendment, t o the effect of giving h curate .e r o t o any n of tby a,ppeo Bistilniogp a a " ‘l in a hamlet or district not l ess t h an two miles distant front the mother church, con ta i n i ng 400 sou l s. t n i Th e amendment was agreed to without oppo s iti on . accommodation, ia a parish situate Clause 63 was rejected. Clauses 64 to 6 5 were agreed to. The remaining clauses of the Bill were then ag ree d t o , an d the Report ordered to be received on Friday next. CHURCH DISCIPLINE BILL. The LORD CHANCELLOR moved the second reading of this Bill. Lord session. WYNFORD suggested it s p ostponement for the prevent The Archbishop of CANTERBURY d e f en d e d t h e mea sure on the ground that it was necessary for regulation o r the conduct of the clergy. He hoped that it w ou ld b e passed without further delay. The Bill was then read a second time. T o b e comm i tted on Friday. The Sheriffs' Court Bill was read a second time. The other Bills on the table were forwarded a stage, and their Lordships adjourned at Twelve o'Clock. At St. Lucia the Executive Council were unanimous in favour of the measure. In the Legislative Council it had been carried by a majority of six to tour, and passed in con sequence. The Lieutenant-Governor of the Bahamas writes that he convened the Assembly for the 6th, when he intended to bring the measure forward ; it will most probably pass, although there may be certain restrictions preventing the predial la bourers from leasing the Colony with,ut the consent of the Governor and Council. At . Barbadocs psibiic meetings have been held to fix a scale of labour and rate of wages to be adopted under the &oz. system. There was a report prevalent at Barbadoes that the Governor of that island was to remove to that of Jamaica, vice Sir Lionel Smith, resigned. ROYAL EXCHANGE REBUILDING BILL. (From the Votes and Proceedings of the House of COMMOTIJ.) MONDAY, JULY 16. Order for Third R e a din g re ad ; Motion made, and Q uest i on proposed, " That the Bill b e now read the third time "-_Amend ment: 'to leave out the word " no w ," an d at the end of t e Question to add the words " upon thi s d ay three months :" —Questionop ospelu t That the word ' now' s t an d part of the Ques tion : "—The house divided : r c N ottinghamshire MAJORITY--AYES, S , ::: lames, Ulna s — Cumberland A rchbol I, Robert 1,11 are innes, Su W. C.—Kingston on-Mill Itail'ie, 11 D.—lloniton .idly, Litzro,—lpswich. Baines, Edward —Leeds Labouchere, Right lion. Henry— Blair,hireTaunton J.--. wigt. l4, Alsavr. ratt,haw, James—Canter b u r y L ttigdale, Hon .C.—Knaresborouult irrainston, T. W.—Essex South L‘seelles, Hon, NV. S.— Wakefield W. H. L.—Bath Lefroy, Rt. Hon. T. — Dublin U • Bruges, ni.. Sir J Yarde—Devonshire versify n.—Surrey B ar ,,ard, E. G... Greenwich Buller, J. Callaghan. D. —Cdfk Cit y Lockhart, A. AL—Lanarkshire ralllp , 1 t ell 9 W. F.—Argyles lire F.IIC4S, Edward—Monazhan Clunana n t Aaron— Whitby Macken z i e , Th omas—ltess.shire C h u t e , W. L. W.— W'est Norfolk .sPraggart, John—Wigton, ice. Cl a y, W.—Tower Hamlets Miles, 1 'hap W. Sk)tiner—liristol Clive, Edward B.—Hereford 111,,rpeth, Lord—Yorkshire Cotlrington, Sir 11—Devonport thirray, Right Hon. J. A.—Liitli Copeland, \V. I'. —Stoke.upun-Trent , i'lerrall, Richard M.—Kildare Crawford, W.—London Paget, Lord Alfred—Lichfield Duchy, t;corge—East Sussex Pakington, J. S.—Droitwich lie Horsey, S H.—Newcastle-under Pahner, George—Essex I,prie Parker, John—Sheffield l'arker, IL T.—froston PAten, J. Wilson—Lancashire Pattison, James--London reel, Right Hun. Sir IL—Tamworts Pendart es, E. W.—NV, Cornwall Phil Ipotts John-- Gloirc,ster Praed, W. T.--t. Ives l'rotheroe, Edward—Halifax Itedington, T. N.—Dundalk Rice, Right Hon. 'l'. S.—Cambridge Richards, Richard—Merionethshire Ruslibrooke, Colonel—Suffulk Russell, Lord John—Stroud Sanford, E. A.—Somersetshite Sinclair, S,r George—Caithness •tanley, Lord—North Lancashire Stanstield, NV. It C.—Huddersfield Steuart, Robert—Haddington, 414... Stewart, James—Honiton Sturt, Henry Charles—D,vrsetshire Sagdeii, Sir E.—Ripon Te gnmouth, Lord—M.r)lebene l'horoely, Thos.—Wolverhampton Troubridge, Sir 'f. E.—San.lwich Vivian, John Henry—Swansta Westenra, Hon. J. C. —King's I ci • Wilmot, Sir J. E.--N , Vat wickshire Wood, Charles—Halifax Yates, J. Ashton .Carlow Young, John—Cavan onintin-Maidon Di vett, Edward-Exeter Dongla , , Sir C E - Warwick Eastnor, Viscount -Iteigate Ebrington, Viscount -N, Devon Estcourt, T. Junior -Dtvizes Ferguson, Sir It. A.-_I ondondetty Ferguson, Robert -Krlta ity Fre,litield, James Willittni-Pcnryti Gordon, Robert-11 indsor Goulburn, Right Hon. 11.-Cam. bridge University Graham, Right lion Sir J. It. et. Bt.--Pembrok e , Grant, lion. Colonel-Elginshire Grey, Sir George-Devoopott Grimsditch, Haste, Archibald -Paisley Hawkes, Thomas -Dutile3ll Hawkins, J. 11.- Newport, . Wight Hayter, V. G.-Wells Heatlicote, G. J.-Lincoinshire Hillsborough. Earl of-Down Ilobhouse, Right lion. Sir J. Cain Nottingham Hodges, I' L.-West Kent Hodgson, Frederick -Barnstaple Holmes, W.-terwick-onTweA Hope, Charles- Linlithgowshire Howard, P. 11.-Carlisle Hurst, It. H -Horsham Hurt, Erancls-South Derby Hutton, Bobert-Dublin Inglis, Sir R. 11. -Gx Cord University TELLERS. Wood, Sir Matthew—London rote, George—London MINORITY- Aglionby, H. A.—Cockermouth Atwood, W.—arcenwich Attwood, M.—Whitehaveu Bridgman, Hewitt—F.nnis Bryan, Maj. Ge o. —Kilk enny Co. Chandos, Marquis of—Bucks Clements, Vise.—Leitrim Co. Collins, W —Warwick Denison, W. 3. , vest Sussex Evans, Sir G.DeLaey—Westminstei Finch, F.—Walsall Fremantle, Sir Thomas -Bucks Gibson, '1 bonus—lpswich Harvey, D. W.—Southwark Hawes, Benjianin—Limbeth Hodgson, ltd. —Berwick-on. Tweed Howick, Northumberland Loch, James --Kirkwall Morris, D.—Carmarthen Muskert, George A.—St. Alban's -NOES, 39. 0 Brien, W. S.—Limerick Co. O'Coi.nell, Daniel Dublin Ord, W.—Newcastle-upon-Tyne Rieke, C. W,—Leitio , ter, South eeehell, Captain—Brighton Philips, Mark—Manchestor eraed, W. M.—A} lesbury eryine, George—Cambritli3 Salwcy, Licut,Col, -Ludlow iomerset, Lord 0. Moninfutbsi,ir e S imerville, Sir W.—Drogliedu Style, Sir Cliar'es—Scarborough Warburton, 11.—B1 idport Ward, H. G.—She(l - Ma White, Androw —Sunder) .nd Williaiu—Coventry Wood, Thomas—Middlesex TELLERS, Hall, Sir 13mjargin.-Marylebone 1 11-ine i JoNh--Kilkenui HOUSE OF LHRDS, Jury IG. The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the Woolsack a Five o'Clock. Lord METHUEN (late Mr. Paul Methuen) took the usual oaths and his seat, and subscribed the Parliamentary Roll as an English Peer. MESSAGE FROM THE COMMONS. Mr. BERNAL and others from the Commons brought up the Scotch Prisons Bill and the India S•eim.ship Comp.tny Mr. CAMPBELL, from the East India House, appeared at. the bar with certain papers. The Eastern Counties Railway (Amendment) Bill was read a third time and passed. The Dean Forests Bill was reported with amendments and was ordered to be read a third time to-morrow. HINDOO IDOLATRY. The Bishop of HEREFORD presented a petition from Leicester and other places against the continuance of Hindoo idolatry. POST-OFFICE. The Earl of RADNOR presented a petition from South ampton in favour of Rov,!and Hill's plan of Post office Reform. SHERIFFS COURT BILLS. The Duke ofRICIINIO ND presented a petition from the procurators of Elginshire in favour of the Scotch Sheriffs Court Bill. Also a petition from the merchants, bankers, &c. of Brighton, in favour of the English Sheriffs Court Bill. Lord SONDES presented a petition from the Warrington Operative Conservative Association, ae'ainst the admission of Roman Catholics into the Le7islmture. The Bishop of SA LISBURY presented a petition from Stockton-on-Toes, Durham, praying for the suppression of Hindoo idolatry. The Duke 'of WELLINGTON presented a petition from the aldermen and justices of the county of the city of Cork, prayint for compensation under the Irish Municipal Corporation Bill. - MESSAGE FROM TILE COMMONS. Sir M. WOOD and Others from the Commons brought up the Royal Exchange Bill. MAYNOOTH COLLEGE. The Earl of WINCHIL SE A presented a petition against any further grant to the Collen'e of Maynooth, from Liver pool. Also a petition from Huddersfield, Gosport, and other 'places to the same effect. APPOINTMENT OF MR. TURTON. The Earl of WINC HIL SE A then said he wired to put a question to the Noble Viscount at the head of the Govern ment, in order to test the sincerity of the Noble Viscount in the regret he expressed on a former occasion at an appoint ment which had been made by the Governor of Canada, which was whether that individual had been recalled. It bad also been reported that another individual, who had been im prisoned for three years, had left this country with the piomise of au appointment under the same Government. Lord MELBOURNE had only recently heard of the ap pointment which had been alluded to, and there had not since then been sufficient time to communicate with the Governor of Canada. It would not certainly at present be convenient to state the course it was intended to pursue. INDIAN NATIVES' PROTECTION BILL. Lord ELLENBOROUGH inquired whether the Noble Baron opposite (Lord Glenelg) intended to press through the other House of Parliament a Bill their Lordships had passed for the protection of the natives in India. Lord GLENELG was in communication with the Board of India, and hoped to be able to give an answer in a day or two. The Duke of WELLINGTON said if the other House did not pass that Bill it would be absolutely necessary that some measure should be adopted to put an end to the Order s in Council, and the Act passed, authorising t: affic in the nat i ves. Lord BROUGHAM heartily concurred in what had fallen from the Noble Duke. Lord BROUGHAM, SLAVERY having presented a large number of petitions praying for the immediate abolition of negro slavery, said he rose for the purpose, and, as he hoped, and most confidently expected, for the last time, of addressing this Parliament, or any assembled inhabitants of this country, on the great question which had called them that day toge ther. If he had long laboured strenuously, but feebly_ honestly, though humbly, in this great cause—if he had, through good report, and through evil, abided by that cause, if he had, through various fortunes, even when his mind was most depressed by the prospects before him and the cir cumstances which surrounded 11'.m, never for one instant felt despondency as to its ultimate success, it was because he had at all times to support him the public mind of this kingdom. At all times this question had been gloriously distinguished from all others, in that it laid asleep for the moment and for the occasion every difference of political opinion ; all discrepancies of religious feeling, - f ac ti on , and sectarianism, went to sleepthe whcharacter en humanity and justice, and soun policy of the country were all. in d volved in the issue. That it was that bore up his spirit, even when aware he was outnumbered by the Representatives of the people, to the extent of three, four, or five to one—even when after the Representatives of the people had come round to the opinion of their constituents, and bad given their voices with that of the country in favour of the measure, even when the very day after they, by another vote, reversed that deci sion. —(A laugh.) When, too, their Lordships were pleased to interpose one of those obstacles which had been deemed ne cessary to prevent rash and precipitate legislation, but which on that question, iron no other, produced effects all but fatal to the hopes of the abolitionists—even in those most gloomy times; and when they had gone so far as to carry the mea sure of 1833. and he found that experiment successful in no 1, se part---even then, when th e i r L or d s hi ps would not listen to is warnings nor lend a favour a bl e ear to hi s entreaties, and lie was aware that the Members nho would support him were so small that he dare:( not to ask for a division, even then his spirits were undaunted—he felt his cause to be just and right, tied he knew the peeve to be with him. He now stood be fore them under different ,•!Teurnstancea • he came n ow t o re joice i n all but the accompliJiment oral( his hopes. He came "ow to remind their Lordships that the day bad at length, and on this very day, arrived, when they could not refuse their consent —all that was wanting—to complete this mea sure r of justice, and th at a ll must b e given in England, be u tte ill the c o l on i es there was not the p ower t o g i ve i t. llCPIkt he mu s t fi rst remind their Lordships, and a few s would suffice, of what had b een d one i n t h e W est itsiuies with tegard to this question. Glory and gratitude es er tin g to the people of Antigua, for their bright example od been followed elsewhere, and it seemed a. if the lustre of their (achievement bad enabled others to sea the error of their w aYs• Antigua, however, took the lead. Antigua, two Sears before any other, adopted a similar course, came fur- Ward and dared to be wise, dared to be prudent. She knew and felt, that the most prudent and the safest policy was also the most virtuous, the most just, and therefore the most prompt and the most bold. Her example was f Mowed by Nloritserrat and by the smaller isles, and then by the greater colony, which arrogated to itself the titl e o f " Li tt l e E ng land"--he m eant the great colony of Barbadoea. There remained Ja aica ; and he was informed this day, as if by the special in :FrPosition of Providence having postponed his motion from tlme to time, owing to one accident and another—having put I r ` i '_eir on tile last occasion in consequence of the illness of a forwa rd( ord—having thus waited till this day to bring this motion, whereof he had given notice, on this .jy morning there had arrived, to greet him on the "wn of the day that should witness the last discussion Parliament, as he fervently hoped, of this great ques tion, the glorious intelligence that at length Jamaica too Lad givenin thes w ay, and th a t i n J ama i ca, w i th unexampled dispatch, pac e of three or four dais, the measure had been carried through the Assembly, and th; negroes of Jamaica were free on the Ist of A nies which follouwgust.—( Hear.) These were the s emancipated We a • lave colas Emancipated example of Antigua. . The numbers .5h4,00?4 in . r Jamaica, 235,000 ;in Barbadoes, iinueludine Antigua, there were not less an oao.uou, besides b measure of 1833, as non-predial s and y o ur ,u) c s lild whom u emancipated. We under stood the Noble and Gamed r L e o u r ' clt say that the number in the the eoloniea, with r- to tto whom the example that . bad (,ern set could not be e foll e o u wed, because the crown They were made slaves after a law of this land had declared it felony to make them slaves ; and yet this country was calledw upon to pay no less a sum than two millions sterling by ay of compensation to the very persons . w . ho had co m mitted felony in making them slaves. Two millions sterling, indeed 1 The gallows would be a far more appropriate ernm peonsation to these felons. 11l the Mauritius no fewer than not therefore slaves out of 37,000 weie not registered, and could whentherefore be claimed as the property of any owner. If seenthe abolition measure wits in progress, there hay ate anything like a revelation to show that the preparatory of apprenticeship was not, neceasary, ahet the negroes ere.as peaceable, as industrious, and as disposed to labour fort hire as the whites, no one for a moment would have ti l o ad to to propose that state of apprentieeehip. It was now , t e n.otrla as well as if there had been such a revelation that int: Was the case, and it was for the Legislature of this country S 9 act accordingly. Ti, two years of pretemlo4 CAPE OF GOOD HOPE. (From the Graham's Tcwn Journal, May 10.) • CHIEF MACOMO—ATROCIOUS OCCURRENCE. The following report reached our bands yesterday from corres pondents on whose statements we place the utmost reliance. The cir. curabtances detailed are equally as revolting as they are distressing, and call loudly upon his Excellency the Governor fur the fullest and most rigid inquiry. It appears that an English settler, named Carpenter, the sufferer in this case, obtained some time ago a piece of ground at Fort Beaufort. On making thelate treaties with the Kafirs this plot of ground, on which he had built, and otherwise bcstowod much labour and expense, was, however, measured into the Kafir territories, and the poor man has been since living there by the I. ufferance of the Kafirs, by whom he has been repeatedly plundered. It was on the plea, therefore, of his living on the wrong side of the boundary line that Macomo was induced to play the despot in the matter in question, and which led to the 0,41, interference of the authorities at Fort Beaufort. One account which we have received gives an outline of the case as follows " A very lamentable occurrence has lately occurred here. About a fortnight ago a Fingoe, in the service of old Mr. Carpenter, having been shot at night about ten o'clock, ISlacomo had the affair given to him to decide, which he did by declaring that Carpenter himself had shot the Fingoe. After a mock trial he was dragged away by the Kafiri ; his life was purchased by the whole of his property, which was seized by the savages. This took placr on Saturday, on the piece of ground al lotted to bins by the Government, which has since been given up to the Kafirs. They took all his cattle, thirty sheep, his tools, clothes, wa;7gon, &c. Having plied up the waggon as full as they could, Maeomo seated himself on the top of his booty, smoking his pipe and laughing exult ingly, while his men, assisted by the Kafir police, spanned in the oxen, and they departed, driving the remainder of the cattle before them. I was present dui»; the whole of the proceedings, and I assure you there was not the smallest proof to convict Carpenter. Macome, however, said, If he did not do it, he must tell wh o di d t ' " The poor old man is now left at the ago of sixty.four years, depri vcd of his all, and without the means of getting a living. His wife, ren dered frantic by the circumstances, was missing last evening, and wLs sought for se' eral hours in vain. She has, however, been discovered this morning drowned in the river near her former re , idence. Her bon. net and cap were found in the deserted house. Such a distressing cir cumstance I never before witnessed. " I shall send you per first opportunity the full account, which I have written down, and you will see there was no more proof against the unfortunate man than against you or I. It is highly probab'e t ,at the Kafirs did it themselves, iii order to enrich themselves by the poor man's property," ------- A GLUTTON.—On Thursday, the 28th of Juhe, being the festival of the Coronation, a person named John Richardson, residing at Staley bridge, swallowed, at a dinner at Buxton, six pounds of plum pudding, eight pound sof beef, about four pounds of mutton, a considerable quantity of potatoes, and seven pints of Buxton ale. The man who has performed the feat.generally goes by the name of d..ort armed Jack, the pot.selier. Yesterday morning, about three o'clock, the body of a young man, in a state of nudity, Ins round in the river, off Three- Colt Stairs, Shadwell. • A watcrioan immediately conveyed it ashore, and gave information to police constable Crawford, No. 253 K, conveyed the earpse to the dead.house, Shatiwc.ll churchyard. The decCated appears about nineteen or twenty years of age, and has lost the ringers of his left hand. It is supposed he was drowned while bathing.. On Sunday ;light a determined act of suicide was commuted h, Gravesend, by a gentleman, named James Forrester Gregg, a foreigner by birth, lodging in a boardinghouse at the Wciit. end of the town, by shouting Liniself .with a pistol. The unfOrionate man blew his brains out. A note was found on a tile in his room, s ddres.ed to person in London, nviestin4 that information might be nt She party who would bury him, - " On Friday morning, between nine and ton o'clock, a young man Donkin, a painter, while at work on a ladder, in Mark-141;Q, opposite the Corn Exchange, unfortunately missed his fact. ifig and fell upon his back, on a piece of wood On being picked up and examined, it Was asceitainoil that ho had three of his ribs broken, and severely injured the s,p,kno of his hack. He was removed on a shut: ter to St, P.Q1.14W4 UO,P , itai 4 in a rate of great agony, TIDE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY, JULY 17, 1838 NATIONAL LOAN FUND SOCIETY (From the Leicestershire Mercury.) We are extremely happy in calling the attention of tlie public to the great advantages of this excellent institution. The call of duty to every one to procure for himself and family an honourable independence, before the decline of life, is urgent and important ; but hitherto :ho tne.ns rf accomplish ing this have never 1-een realized r, waist of it groper channel for investment. This, the Nici, , nal Lean Fund Society, presents, and combines in its details, all the obj-.‘cts of a Friendly, Benefit, and Co. operatk e Society, upon a more per fect and comprehensive scale than any which has hitherto been promulgated. The industrious classes having within thews( Ives the mainspring of el:) a', might by a judicious combination, carry it to any extent they may wish. TI eir labour pro duces iccome, and by a trilling we, kly saving an independence may be effectei ; their sae lugs would accuraruta'e at compound int rest, surf by bein g at liberty to borrow two-thirds of their pavme:rtF, they have the bon, fit of them in furtherance of their obj.:ets during the active period of life—of set wing an aanuity aga•mrt old age—cr to place their families in comparative case in the etent of death. This is the true ccur.omy of capital. It will be fOuud by accurate observation that the system Is perf. et, needing only provident minds to take advantage of it. It calls r,r no privatio no stern rigour, for its fulfilment. Want of eraplo)ment is providei for sickness and distress are sup ported---a social edifice is at once reared wherein all may he sheltered. If a wish could but accomplier thi., how anat. ously would it be hoped for. It can be effs:cted under thst protection of this valuab!e •naitution. T.. o the :EDITOR of the MORNING CHRONICLE, SlR—in your paper of this day, under the head of "Money Ma ket and City News," I find this paragraph " Amongst other reports is one that a distinguished Member of the Committee is observed to be quiescent on the subject of the renewal of the Charter, and has avoided all cross-examina tion of Vie witnesses for the Bank in a manner which some persons remark upon with considerable surprise and regret." There is so much that is untrue suggested in this paragraph that I suppose I must take the " distinguished member" to mean myself, and as such I mean to check the unfounded reports—if it be possible to do so—by stating that Ihave been guilty of no acquiescence in the Bank of Ireland monopoly; that at present my conviction is that such monopoly is highly, and I may say fully, detrimental to the agricultural and trading interests of Ireland. lat present believe it to be, without excuse or pallia:ion, a solecism in political economy, and a commercial inconvenience, using a light word to express a strong opinion. I will not allude further to what has occurred in the Com mittee save to deny the accuracy of the reports in circulation, and to say that I, of course, reserve my final determination until the evidence retpreting the Bank of Ireland is closed, which it is not at present. I am, however, free to add, that, if the remaining evidence shah not alter my views, I must bo a decided opponent to any renewal of any ef monopoly of issue of notes by the Bank of Ireland. The Committee being a " secret Committee," lam for bidden to discuss what has actually occurred there--even to prctcct my self from the unfounded insinuations in your City article and in the columrs of a weekly journal. I have the honour to be, your your obedient servant, DANIEL O'CONNELL. 19, Mall mall, J u l y 1 6, 1838. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TATTERSALL'S—Y ICSTEI:DA r. The betting yesterday was of a desultory and not very interest ing kind, the amounts laid out, and tha alterations effected, being equally slight. The Liverpool Cup betting was confined to three horses, the odds, with the exception of a trifling improvement in St. Bennett, remaining nearly the same as at the close of last week. For the Goodwood Stakes Loutherbourg was all the rage, 12 to 1 was taken freely. Valentissimo anilMalionietan nomikally at different odds, are so c l ose together that two or three good men would have taken the latter at evens. Very little was done on the Great St. Leger; lon, Grey Momus, Cobham, and D'Egville 41 . were backed at prices which vary little from our last quotations. The closing odds were as follow : LivEttener. CUP (TO-MORROW). 5 to 2 agst Lord Eglinton's St. Bennett—tak 'tt 5 to 1 agst Lord Suillehi's Caraven 5 to 1 agst Mr. Fergusson's Harkaway -- Several even bets were made botwixi. Caravan and Harkaway. GOODWOOD ST.A IC ES. 9 to 2 ag s t Si r G. Heatheote's Valentissimo to 1 agst Mr. Ostitildeston's Mahometan 12 to 1 agst Mr, Theobald's Lotaherbourg—taken 20 to 1 agst Mr. Robertson's Edgar 110 to 50 agst Itlahom-tan and Valentissimo—taken 110 to 20 agst &Mg Cole and Heron —taken TIONCASTER ST. LEGER. 9 to 2 agst Colonel Peel's Ion —taken 13 to 2 agst Lord Chesterfield's Don Julia 10 to 1 agst Mr. Coombes's Cobham 13 to 1 agst Mr. Parkin's Lanercost 13 to 1 agst Lord G. Bentinele. Grey. Momus—taken 14 to 1 agst Lord G. Bentin.;:e s D'E gv ill e — ta k en 20 to 1 a gs t M r . Bowes's Appleton Lad—taken 300 to 50 agst Grey Mdmus and D'Egville—taken UDL 11" RACES, FRI 1).1r . The Gold Cup, in specie, by Subscribers of 10 sovs. each, and 20 added from the Fuild. Twice round from the Chair. 5 Subs. Mr. Collett's Bath, 3 \rs, 6st. 9lb Mr. Halif ax na. Barclay, 4 yrs, B s t. Colonel S a l wey ' s Isaac. aged, 9st 3 Mr. E. Peel's Tamwerth, aged, 9st. 316 The Oakley Park Stakes of 10 sovs. each, with 25 says. added by the Right Hon. Lord Clive, for half-bred hunters. Heats, T. Y.C. 7 Subs. Mr. Onglev's Donnington aged, 125 t... ...... ...Galloway 4 1 1 Mr. Christian's King Ilarry, 4 vrs, lOst. 51b ......... 54 2 Mr. Jenkins's Duenna, 11 -t. I lib .11r Acker` nu. b. g. by Eastg: eve, 4 yrs, lOst. 51b.... - 2 2 dr Lord Clive us. ch. g. by Easi,grov e , 4 yrs, lOst. A Free Handicap Sweepstakes of 3 sovs. each, m ith 20 added by the Members for the Southern Division of the County. The second saves his stake. Heats, once round and a distance. 19 Subscribers. Mr. Reo's Fussy, aged (h. b.), 6st. 10lb A lad 1 - Mr. Jo nes ' s E mi l y, 6 yrs, 9st. 21b 1 2 2 Mr. Christian's Kin g llarry, 4 yrs, itt. 81b SOCIETY FOR, PROMOTING PRAC TICAL DESIGN. On Tuesday evening, E. H. Letitia, Esq., delivered the opening L ecture for the summer quarter, at the Schools of the Society, Saville Muse, Leicester -square.' The audience consisted of upwards of three hundred persons, One-fifth of whom were ladies, The - Lecture was the first of a course on the art cf Fresco Painting. The Lecturer commenced by expressing the satisfaction ho felt that the day had at length arrived when every kind of knowledge, connected with design, vvould be poured into a public treasury, instead, as the custom had heretofore been, of confining lectures and instruction of this class to such only as could obtain them by interest or effluence. Ile adverted to to the inquiry before the Cominitee of the House of Com mons, on the report of which the operations of the Society arc founded, and observed the result was, that the advantages of artistic study and instruction were equally el% seated to the artist, the artisan, and the mechanic, and that the diffusion of the first order of taste and excellence, through Br:tish art and manufactures, was, ender the judicious management of an organised body, curtain of being accomplished. • Without an energetic effort to sustain the dignity of art as it was practi se d i n f ormer d it was evident, M r. Letitia observed, from the great number of second * third, end fourth class pictures which are annually exhibited, and the paucity of • those in the first class, that purity of taste, and grandeur of style, would never be the characteristics of the British School. The sciences were far in advance of the fine arts ; in proof of which he needed only to refer to some of the wonders which had been achieved in modern times by mechanical and chemi cal power, It was for the Artists to enter the arena with their contemporaries in science, and not wait for patrimage, but to lead and cultivate the public gusto by striving to rival the r xcellences of their great predecessors, Mr. Letitia then proceeded to exhibit some Frescos by Paul Veronese (one of which was very large), end to describe the composition itself, with the manner of using it. It was in fresco that the anc,ents produced those spirit-stirring -com positions which have been the wonder of succeeding geriera tions, and a halo of glory still rested, and must ever rest, around the laurels of such giants of art as R ap h ael, Michael Anp,, , elo, Leo nar d o d a Vinci, Titian, and Corr..gio. He in ferred from the principal works of these- masters, as well as the exquisite specimens at Pompeii, Herculaneum, Bologna, and Milan, being executed its fresco, that the decided prefer.. once given to this mode of painting for pictorial decoration arose front the advantage it possessed for this purpose over oil or any other known vehicle; first,• from its clearness, and its colours retaining their original brilliancy; secondly, from the absence of glare, which renders oil-paintings so objeCtion able, 'as they can only be viewed at certain a.igles of vision, the powerful varnish requisite to bring them out itself pro. ducing discoleuration ; thirdly, from its extreme durability, which is coeval with the walls' which it adorns; and lastly, from the broad principles of art which it necessarily inculcates. calling forth every faculty, and creating in the exercise of it a preci,ion of touch teid breadth of style, which preclude every meaner detail, that would lessen the sublimity of the concep tion, end contract the genius of the artist. Mx. L. then minutely, described tha respective styles of Raphael, Michael Angelo, and Leonardo da Vinci, and made some appropriate observations on each. He deprecated the system of stilly and the distribution of medals at the Royal Academy and the Society of Arts, and having expressed a wish that our noble Metropolitan Cathedral should (and why should it not ? he asked) exhibit on' its walls talent analogous to the grandeur of its outward form and dimensions, •Con. cluded'his lecture amidst the general applause of his numerous auditory, Parliamentary Electors in Cities anti Boroughs entitled under the ]Reform Act; will lose their votes for the next y ar, unless they pay, on or before the 20th of July instant. Itll the tiem, p in o o r f' e s s p r a c t e e ( ts of kattwill their window iri,r:n premises previously if a n) payableto t h froth th or April last. County voters must send in their claims by .Mtli of July instant. W e I ave been told that at the conclusion of the . Re ,1),(10 park, on Monday last, the Queen asked Marshal Soult. w h o ha. ; ,p, n d to be ne.tr her Majesty at the time, how he like the appear. anent of leer troops. The.varshavilanswor was., That the appe arance of the troops was vcr tin-e ---was admirable; but as to their brav:ry (con tinued he l tliat I have hittl'iong e xper i ence of. " The trection of tlie• new sewer in the Uxbridge road haring canoed a great deficiency of the ornamentnl water in Ken sington gardens, the Mice N. Woods and Fore s t s h ave agreed with the Paddington \V a tev.works Company. fir 5 001, a year, to supply the Ser pentiao with a tuttieicnt quantitY. Th em h as nut 1 . ) , ( , )) (,))0.0) of wafer to inn down the ornamental caw:..ike at. the tiut of the Sepentine river or many years, view :'-,